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Cost of free education: Police fire stun grenades during the #FeesMustFall protests. Photo: Daylin Paul
FEESMUSTFALL

Everything Must Fall casts an all-seeing eye on student protests

Rehad Desai’s new film uses Wits as a microcosm of the #FeesMustFall movement in South Africa

  • Kwanele Sosibo
5 min read
The cheap and legal delivery of most grants can be achieved by simply using banks and ATMs.
FILMMAKER REHAD DESAI

ReCreate SA calls for creator rights in copyright reform now

There is a currently a process to reform copyright law that could address the grievances of artists and better enable local creative production

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Striking a chord: The documentary Mali Blues focuses on singer Fatoumata Diawara.
AFRICAN FILM INDUSTRY

​Joburg Film Festival tackles controversy head on

The Joburg Film Festival packs some of the diaspora’s most controversial and coveted films into its 60 screenings.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
3 min read
Funda Community College in Soweto.
ANC

Editorial: #ShowUsTheDoccie

It’s clear the SABC will not broadcast Rehad Desai’s Emmy award-winning documentary on Marikana, Miners Shot Down, because it makes the ANC look bad.

  • Editorial
2 min read
Anita Khanna:”This year it’s a very feminine festival.”
FILMMAKER REHAD DESAI

Prayer for rage, justice and flight

Anita Khanna is the director of the TriContinental Film Festival, which is showing at cinemas in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town.

  • Matthew Krouse
4 min read